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caput (9 points)

The head (anatomy)

Head (anatomy)

Head or headlike structure.

C·3+A·1+P·3+U·1+T·1 = 9 pts

casus (7 points)

belli war starter

belli cause for war

belli cause of war

C·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cauld (8 points)

{cold=n} [n -S] / {cold=adj}

C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts

caulk (11 points)

Fill cracks with filler or stopper, say

Close a seam

Work on a joint

C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+K·5 = 11 pts

cauls (7 points)

Head-covering membranes

Women's hats or nets

Womens hat linings

C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cause (7 points)

Save the Whales, for one

The whales, say

Worthy charity for one

C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts

cecum (11 points)

Anatomical cul-de-sac

The appendix extends from it

Intestinal pouch

C·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+M·3 = 11 pts

chubs (12 points)

Relatives of carps and minnows

Fish used as bait

Freshwater game fish

C·3+H·4+U·1+B·3+S·1 = 12 pts

chuck (16 points)

Type of steak

Meat-counter item.

Cut of beef from neck to shoulder blade

C·3+H·4+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts

chufa (13 points)

Ground almond

Sedge cutter's harvest usually found after removing the tips

C·3+H·4+U·1+F·4+A·1 = 13 pts

chuff (16 points)

Puff (like a steam engine)

Puff like a steam locomotive

Steam engine sound

C·3+H·4+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 16 pts

chugs (11 points)

Slowly moves (along)

Gulps down, as beer

Huffs and puffs

C·3+H·4+U·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts

chump (14 points)

Short, thick, heavy piece of wood

Kind of change

Much changed party leader is a blockhead

C·3+H·4+U·1+M·3+P·3 = 14 pts

chums (12 points)

Uses fish as bait.

Theyre close to you

They're close to you

C·3+H·4+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 12 pts

chunk (14 points)

Peter Pan element (wordplay)

Large amount (informal)

Peter Pan element

C·3+H·4+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 14 pts

churl (10 points)

Illbred ones husband wearing hairpiece

Cousin of a curmudgeon.

Surly, ill-bred person

C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+L·1 = 10 pts

churn (10 points)

Milk shaker (wordplay)

Work with milk, maybe

Blender forerunner (wordplay)

C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 10 pts

churr (10 points)

Low trilling sound (of insect)

Grasshopper's sound

Whirring sound made by a beetle.

C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+R·1 = 10 pts

chute (10 points)

Target for dirty laundry (wordplay)

Back pack (wordplay)

Drop of water (wordplay)

C·3+H·4+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

cloud (8 points)

Mare's-tail, for one

Cirrus, for one

E.g. stratus

C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+D·2 = 8 pts

clour (7 points)

To knock or bump

C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts

clout (7 points)

Caught yob a hard blow

What a bigwig carries

Extra-base hit

C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 7 pts

clubs (9 points)

Thirteen-piece suit (wordplay)

Black suit (wordplay)

Quarter deck (wordplay)

C·3+L·1+U·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts

cluck (13 points)

Be chicken (wordplay)

Chicken out (wordplay)

Make a sound like a hen

C·3+L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts

clued (8 points)

Like this answer (wordplay)

Aware with in

Rolled thread into a ball.

C·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

clues (7 points)

Prints and tracks maybe

What are you looking at (wordplay)

Prints and tracks, maybe

C·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

clump (11 points)

Group of trees (wordplay)

Thick mass, of plants say

Small group (of trees)

C·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3 = 11 pts

clung (8 points)

Held tightly (to)

Held on tightly (to)

Stuck around, taking a breather

C·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts

clunk (11 points)

Sound made by drawing a cork.

Sound of a cork leaving a bottle.

Dull metallic thud

C·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts

conus (7 points)

Latin for a tapered solid.

Mainland America, for short

The lower in Pentagonspeak

C·3+O·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cornu (7 points)

Something shaped like a horn

Horn-shaped structure

Horn-shaped object

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+U·1 = 7 pts

couch (12 points)

Potato bed (wordplay)

Place for a potato (wordplay)

Spot for a potato (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

coude (8 points)

Pertaining to a type of telescope

C·3+O·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts

cough (11 points)

Give a subtle signal, perhaps

Sound from a hacker (wordplay)

Give a subtle signal perhaps

C·3+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4 = 11 pts

could (8 points)

Was able to (do something)

You say that

... maybe (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts

count (7 points)

Lift a finger, maybe (wordplay)

Go from 0 to 60, say (wordplay)

Dracula, for one

C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts

coupe (9 points)

Muscle car say

Muscle car, say

Car for a chick?

C·3+O·1+U·1+P·3+E·1 = 9 pts

coups (9 points)

Power outages (wordplay)

De grce et dtat

De grace et d'etat.

C·3+O·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts

court (7 points)

Trying place (wordplay)

Match box (wordplay)

Place to press a suit (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts

couth (10 points)

Well-mannered, facetiously

Familiar, old style

Kempt and mannerly.

C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4 = 10 pts

coypu (12 points)

S.A. rodent

S. American "beaver"

Large aquatic South American rodent

C·3+O·1+Y·4+P·3+U·1 = 12 pts

croup (9 points)

Bete noire of the nursery

Kid's coughing condition

One peril of childhood

C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+P·3 = 9 pts

cruck (13 points)

A curved roof timber

C·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts

crude (8 points)

Not refined, oil say

Lacking subtlety, say

Well-made product (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts

cruds (8 points)

Jerks and louses

Filthy entities

Contemptible sorts

C·3+R·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts

cruel (7 points)

Unusual partner (wordplay)

Unusual companion (wordplay)

Twisting the knife, say

C·3+R·1+U·1+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts

cruet (7 points)

Italian vessel (wordplay)

Awkward truce? It's a church thing!

Freebie with dressing mix, perhaps

C·3+R·1+U·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts

crumb (11 points)

Piece of cake (wordplay)

Small piece of bread (or comfort!)

A bit cold? Then dance endlessly!

C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3 = 11 pts

crump (11 points)

Mayberry teacher Helen

Mayberry's Helen

Onetime boss of Memphis

C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+P·3 = 11 pts

cruor (7 points)

Coagulation

C·3+R·1+U·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts

crura (7 points)

Shanks of legs

Legs, in anatomy.

A pair of legs: anat

C·3+R·1+U·1+R·1+A·1 = 7 pts

cruse (7 points)

Vessel on a vessel?

Vessel on a vessel (wordplay)

Jug for liquids

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts

crush (10 points)

Subject of a teen conversation, perhaps

Passion fruit drink (wordplay)

First love, perhaps

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 10 pts

crust (7 points)

Piece of pizza (wordplay)

Sicilian border (wordplay)

A piece of the pie (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts

cubby (14 points)

Type of hole (wordplay)

Hole for sorting

Small, snug space

C·3+U·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

cubeb (11 points)

Old-time medicinal cigarette

Spice of the pepper family

East Indian pepper

C·3+U·1+B·3+E·1+B·3 = 11 pts

cubed (10 points)

Made 7 into 343, say

Prepped tofu, perhaps

Copper on border, cut up (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts

cuber (9 points)

One for one

One, for one

Butcher's device.

C·3+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts

cubes (9 points)

Ice boxes (wordplay)

Takes to a higher power (wordplay)

They're for the bath, sugar!

C·3+U·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

cubic (11 points)

Of the third power (mathematically)

Young bear half-frozen - like solid!

Shaped like dice

C·3+U·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts

cubit (9 points)

Youngster with oomph? 25 many years ago!

Ancient linear unit

Unit of length for Noah

C·3+U·1+B·3+I·1+T·1 = 9 pts

cuddy (12 points)

House character Lisa

'House' character Lisa

C·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts

cuffs (13 points)

Handily restrains army bands (wordplay)

'Orange Is the New Black' prop

Preps for a perp walk

C·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 13 pts

cuifs (10 points)

Cuif

C·3+U·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 10 pts

cuing (8 points)

Holding up a card, perhaps

Holding up a card perhaps

Showing one's cards (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts

cuish (10 points)

Suit of armor component (var.)

Armor piece Var.

Piece of armor plate

C·3+U·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 10 pts

cukes (11 points)

Sober pickles (wordplay)

Salad ingredients, for short

Pickle plants, for short

C·3+U·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

culch (12 points)

Stones, shells and gravel as an oyster bed

Southern England word for flooring of an oyster-bed

C·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

culet (7 points)

Small facet of a brilliant.

Flat base of a gem

Flat base of a gem.

C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts

culex (14 points)

House mosquito genus

Mosquito genus

Common mosquito

C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+X·8 = 14 pts

culls (7 points)

Gathers choice parts from

Removes from a herd

Chooses and gathers.

C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cully (10 points)

Fellow: Brit. slang.

Fellow Brit. slang.

Cheat deceive

C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

culms (9 points)

Hollow stems of grasses.

Hollow grass stalks

Hollow stems of grasses

C·3+U·1+L·1+M·3+S·1 = 9 pts

culpa (9 points)

It's Caesar's fault (wordplay)

Fault, in law

Negligence, in law.

C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+A·1 = 9 pts

culti (7 points)

Cultus

C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1 = 7 pts

cults (7 points)

Commune-ities (wordplay)

Groups with fringe benefits (wordplay)

Existentialism and others

C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cumin (9 points)

31 to enter, if mispronounced (wordplay)

Aromatic seeds used in cooking

Curry powder ingredient

C·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts

cupel (9 points)

Gold-assaying cup

Assayer's receptacle.

Assayer's container

C·3+U·1+P·3+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts

cupid (10 points)

One who aims to hit singles (wordplay)

What a lovely little vessel I had!

Lover boy (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+P·3+I·1+D·2 = 10 pts

cuppa (11 points)

Three coppers and a mug (wordplay)

Drink of tea (informal)

Spot in Britain (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+A·1 = 11 pts

cuppy (14 points)

{cuplike=adj}

C·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

curbs (9 points)

Parking meter places

Part of the street scene.

Places to park

C·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts

curch (12 points)

Scottish bandanna

C·3+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

curds (8 points)

Basis of cheese

Miss Muffet ate them with whey

Nursery rhyme food

C·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts

curdy (11 points)

Like Miss Muffet's fare

Like cottage cheese

Like Miss Muffets fare

C·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts

cured (8 points)

Might meat be better (wordplay)

Prepared pork perhaps

Stage for a ham (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

curer (7 points)

One using salt, perhaps

Skinny work for a doctor (wordplay)

Ham preparer, perhaps

C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts

cures (7 points)

Salts or smokes, perhaps

Salts or smokes perhaps

Priests in Lyon

C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

curet (7 points)

Surgeon's instrument

Surgical scraping tool

Surgical scraper

C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts

curfs (10 points)

Curf

C·3+U·1+R·1+F·4+S·1 = 10 pts

curia (7 points)

See you bring back oxygen from court

Papal see court

Papal court, Vatican government

C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 7 pts

curie (7 points)

Radium finder (wordplay)

Scientist Marie or Pierre

Unit of radioactivity.

C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 7 pts

curio (7 points)

Unusual collectible (wordplay)

Flea market item, perhaps

Keepsake in a cabinet, perhaps

C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1 = 7 pts

curls (7 points)

Permanent consequences (wordplay)

Permanent result (wordplay)

Iron products in a salon (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

curly (10 points)

Stooge who says "Soitenly!"

Jerome Horwitzs stage name

He was born Jerome, on October 22, 1903

C·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

curns (7 points)

Curn

C·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

currs (7 points)

Cooing sounds.

Cooing sounds

C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts

curry (10 points)

That's hot doggish, perhaps

Spice with rice, maybe

Spice with rice maybe

C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

curse (7 points)

Use the f-bomb, say

A mummy may have one, perhaps

Talk dirty (wordplay)

C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts

curst (7 points)

Subjected to a hex

Word in Shakespeare's epitaph

Darned mutt stands in front of street

C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts

curve (10 points)

Ess, for one

Ball that breaks (wordplay)

Ess for one

C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 10 pts

curvy (13 points)

Shaped like an hourglass

Having bendings without angles.

Like mountain roads

C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+Y·4 = 13 pts

cusec (9 points)

Hundreds utilise internal unit of flow

Unit of flow

C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+C·3 = 9 pts

cushy (13 points)

Like a plum job, perhaps

Easy, soft (colloq.)

Like a plum job perhaps

C·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts

cusks (11 points)

Marine fish.

Marine fish

Cods' kin

C·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

cusps (9 points)

Horns of the new moon.

Molars usually have four of these

Horns of the new moon

C·3+U·1+S·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts

cusso (7 points)

""An Ethiopian tree, also KOUSSO, KUSSO""

C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+O·1 = 7 pts

cutch (12 points)

State south of Pakistan.

C·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

cuter (7 points)

More buttonlike, perhaps

More cuddly, say

More buttonlike perhaps

C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts

cutes (7 points)

Affected coyness, with "the"

Affected preciousness, with "the"

Affected modesty with the

C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cutey (10 points)

Sweetie pie (Var.)

Good-looker (Var.)

Precious little sweetie (var.)

C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cutie (7 points)

Attractive person (informal)

Attractive person (or animal)

Attractive young woman (slang)

C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 7 pts

cutin (7 points)

Replace a dancer, perhaps

Make an incisive move (wordplay)

Tap on the shoulder maybe

C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts

cutis (7 points)

Layer of skin

The First the Deepest

Layer of skin.

C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cutty (10 points)

Short-stemmed tobacco pipe.

Something short: Scot.

Short pipe for a Scotsman.

C·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cutup (9 points)

Deeply distressed (slang)

Upset workers' federation (wordplay)

Perhaps the T.U.C. is split this way

C·3+U·1+T·1+U·1+P·3 = 9 pts

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